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Make your own vintage digital papers in Procreate with the Curious Relics sticker brush set
Make Your Own Digital Collage Papers: Curious Relics
If you make collages, you're probably familiar with the concept of digital papers. Making your own is a lot of fun, and it means you end up with papers that fit your style and your favorite colors. Once they're made, you can use them however you lik...
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Make a skull with flowers Digital collage in Procreate
Skull in Bloom Digital Collage in Procreate
For this week's tutorial, we are making a collage with a vintage skull as the focal point and a big pile of flowers, mushrooms and bugs around it, all sitting on a background of old papers. Everything comes from my new Curious Relics brushes, and I ...
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Autumn Wreath Digital Collage made in Procreate
Autumn Wreath Collage in Procreate
This week we're making a cozy autumn wreath in Procreate, starting with a simple circle of sticks and layering leaves, acorns, pine cones and berries on top. The leaf stamps in my newly updated Autumn Magic set are all solid, so they stack neat...
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Digital collage critter butterfly made in Procreate
Autumn Collage Critters in Procreate
I wanted to make something quirky for today's tutorial: a digital butterfly collage built entirely out of leaves, sticks, acorns and berries, using my newly updated Autumn Magic brushes. The idea is to train your eye to look at shapes in unconventio...
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Digital Mixed Media Art Journaling Tutorial
Mixed Media Art Journal Page
Today I wanted to share a quick little inspiration video. It starts with a rainbow of watercolor circles, juxtaposed against dark vintage text patterns, and finished off with inky florals and lettering. I love throwing a few different ideas together...
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Procreate Export Settings Explained
One of the questions I get asked more than almost anything else is how to export artwork from Procreate, which format to use, and why the finished file looks blurry. So I've put together a walk through of every option in the share menu, what ea...
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make a watercolor bouquet in Procreate with stamp brushes
Watercolor Bouquet in Procreate
Today we're making a loose watercolor bouquet in Procreate, built up from stamp brushes. Flowers, leaves, a bit of greenery, and some splashes and splatters in the background. Nothing too precise, we're just arranging things until the bouq...
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Mid-century landscape art in Procreate with patterned mountains, a ringed retro sun, and green botanical stems in warm autumn colors
Midcentury Landscape in Procreate
I love a good landscape, and I've been meaning to make one with my Midcentury Magic brushes for a long time. So for today's tutorial, we're building a midcentury inspired landscape with layered mountains, a glowing line gradient sun, ...
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Masking tape watercolor effect in Procreate with rainbow washes, white lines, newsprint and gold sparkle
Watercolor Tape Resist in Procreate
I've always admired tape resist watercolor, where you tape off sections of paper, wash color over the whole thing, then peel the tape away to reveal clean white lines. So I wanted to see if I could recreate that look digitally, and it turns out laye...
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Naturalist art journal page in Procreate with moths, mineral specimens, moon phases and a palmistry hand over antique script
Nature Art Journal Page in Procreate
Let's do a digital art journal page today. This time we're making a naturalist journal page, the kind a Victorian field scientist might have scribbled in: moths, mineral specimens, moon phases and messy handwritten notes, all layered over ...
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Distressed text effect in Procreate showing the words Worn Text in a cracked weathered serif font with gold metallic texture on a dark background
Distressed Text in Procreate
While working on the title image for my new Pattern Decay brush set, I developed a process for distressing the title text that I wanted to share in this tutorial. We'll add a font, then break it up with texture brushes using a layer mask, which...
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Make your own digital papers in Procreate with vintage pattern brushes
Make Your Own Digital Collage Papers: Pattern Decay
If you love collage, you've probably bought digital papers before. But have you ever made your own? It's easier than you might think, and there's something really satisfying about building a collection of papers that match your person...
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Cyanotype-inspired digital art in Procreate with pale ferns on a Prussian blue background
Cyanotype Inspired Art in Procreate
If you're not familiar with cyanotype, it's a photographic method where you coat paper or fabric with a light sensitive solution, then arrange things like ferns and found objects on it, then leave it out in the sun. The sun turns most of it a deep P...
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digital art journaling doodle in procreate
Loose Mixed Media Doodle: Art Journal in Procreate
A quick, relaxed art journal page made in Procreate. I wanted to play with my Mixed Media brushes in a journaling context for the first time, so this is a loose, no rules doodle with layered paper, oil pastels, and a bit of asemic writing. Take it s...
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Digital art journal page in Procreate with layered gesso marks, public domain ephemera, ripped paper edges, stitched accents, and hidden asemic writing
Mixed Media Collage with Realistic Shadows: Art Journal in Procreate
This is the first video in a new series, where I'll be inviting you to make art journal pages alongside me in Procreate, sometimes with a prompt or theme. For this first page I wanted to keep things simple and work with my new free resources to...
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Bright psychedelic digital acrylic pour created in Procreate, with paint cells and layered patterns of stripes, stars, and dots
Add Patterns to a Digital Acrylic Pour
A little while ago I made a digital acrylic pour that looked pretty true to life, cells and all. But for today's tutorial I wanted to experiment a bit further, pushing it somewhere real paint could never go, layering patterns and blend modes on top ...
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Page assist doesn't work very well for mixed media journals in Procreate. Instead, use stacks and preview mode. Free procreate journal template included
How to Set Up Journals in Procreate Using Stacks
If you've ever tried to make a digital journal or notebook in Procreate using Page Assist, you might have run into the same problems I did: not enough layers for mixed media, paper textures disappearing, and a workflow that feels a bit clunky. I've ...
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A Brief History of Putting Things into Books
People have been putting things into books for as long as books have existed. Commonplace books, family albums, scrapbooks, bullet journals, traveler's notebooks. It's one of the oldest creative habits there is, and right now it's having a serious m...
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Create Realistic Acrylic Pour Cells in Procreate
Making realistic acrylic pour cells in Procreate is one of the most requested tutorials I've had, and for good reason: it's surprisingly tricky to get right. In this tutorial, I'm showing you a layer mask technique that changes the whole approach. ...
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Easy tutorial showing how to cut elements out of their background for use in Procreate digital collage
Turn Any Photo into a Procreate Collage Element
A few of you spotted something in my recent travel journaling video: I was using a built in iPad feature to pull an object from a photo and drop it into Procreate as a cut out. There was some interest in this method and its applications for digital ...
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Digital Travel Journaling in Procreate
I've been experimenting with digital journaling lately. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the terminology in this genre: Junk journaling? Scrapbooking? Art journaling? It's a little bit of everything or maybe something else entirely. But in any case, eve...
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zentangle pattern brushes in the Procreate app relaxing digital art prompt
Fill a Map with Patterns
Today we are exploring a fun, vibrant way to use patterns to create a "map" of color and texture. This project turned into a bit of a sunshiny, Easter inspired piece, and I just went with it!  We are using a simple technique of laying down a ma...
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Digital abstract art with watercolor and complex pattern textures
Abstract Pattern Play with Watercolor
This is a fun, beginner friendly project that's perfect for getting to know the Pattern Reveal brush set. We'll start with a simple watercolor background using Procreate's built in brushes, then layer patterns on top to create an abst...
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Jennifer Nichols Alaina Jensen creative live hangout on YouTube Midcentury Magic
Midcentury Magic - Live with Jennifer Nichols!
In January 2026, I joined the lovely Jennifer Nichols live on Youtube and we painted together in Procreate using my Midcentury Magic Procreate Brushes. This is one of those slow, easy art sessions where the goal is simply to create, chat, and enjoy ...
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add halftones textures and patterns to abstract art in procreate
Add Texture, Patterns & Halftones to Shapes
Sometimes a composition keeps calling you back, asking for more. In a previous tutorial, I created a simple abstract shape composition using my free Abstract Shape Stamps. But once my Midcentury Magic brush set was ready, I couldn't resist revi...
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a digital opal made in the procreate app with iridescent brushes
Draw an Opal in Procreate
Today I'm so excited to introduce my brand new Holographic & Iridescent brushes for Procreate! I've been wanting to make brushes like this for a long time.  The brushes are particularly well suited to gemstone drawings which is one of ...
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digital galaxy artwork made in Procreate
Paint a Digital Fantasy Supernova
Today, we're revisiting a favorite – Galaxies! Join me in creating a “fantasy supernova!” It's not something you will find in nature, but it IS a ton of fun! First, I create the background layer black. I’m choosing a yellowish orange color...
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colorful digital alcohol ink burst
Colorful Burst with Digital Alcohol Ink
Today, we’re going to make a colorful burst using digital alcohol ink in Procreate. I really enjoyed working with these bright, vibrant colors. This concept is not about filling the entire canvas - the goal is to create a fairly minimal burst in the...
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monochrome alcohol ink artwork made digitally in the procreate app
Monochrome Digital Alcohol Ink
Today, I wanted to show you how to make a monochrome alcohol ink piece in Procreate. Mostly monochrome, I should say – I’ll be adding gold accents at the end. It’s a fun challenge to try and use only one color for an abstract piece, because it reall...
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a digital watercolor painting of a geode in blue and green made in the procreate app
Paint a Watercolor Geode
In today's tutorial, I wanted to explore one of my favourite themes - gemstones and geodes! It’s a favorite genre of mine which I wanted to try it in a new medium today, so I will be showing you how to paint a geode using my Amazing Watercolor ...
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digital watercolor sunset from a reference photo made in the Procreate app
Digital Watercolor Sunset
I hope this email finds you well and happy! I've been absent for a little while because I've been working on my brand new watercolor brushes. I'm so excited that they are finally ready and now for the fun part - lots of watercolor tut...
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flowing digital abstract artwork made in the procreate app
Intuitive Abstraction
Today I wanted to show you a process that I’m calling “Intuitive Abstraction,” where I try to turn off my brain and just create something for the pure enjoyment of it - trying not to think about the outcome. This can be a really healing process if y...
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What's the difference between Alpha Lock and a Clipping Mask?
Today I wanted to explore a question that I get a lot - the difference between alpha lock and clipping mask in the Procreate digital art app, and how to do each one. The functionality is similar, but there are pros and cons to consider. Alpha Lock A...
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digital artwork made in procreate with acrylic pour brushes that looks like a butterfly
Acrylic Pour Butterfly
This video was requested by Deb from the community - a wispy abstract butterfly made from digital acrylic pour painting and lined with messy black ink. I tried a few different versions and ultimately decided to trace a butterfly outline from an imag...
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Embellish a Letter with Pressed Flowers
Today, we are adding pressed flowers as embellishments to a letter in the Procreate app. This is not a plant that would grow anywhere in nature, but instead we are building it up as a collage - I like to imagine that I have a box of pressed flowers ...
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Digital pressed flowers arranged in a flower curtain with the Procreate app pressed flower art
Digital Flower Curtain
I’ve noticed a decor trend where people will hang dried flowers upside down, attached end to end and hanging in lines, so that they are looking kind of like a curtain. I really like how this looks so I wanted to try out the concept with my new press...
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a digital mixed media collage made in the procreate app with bits of paper and paint and florals and ephemera on a dark background.
Make a Digital Mixed Media Collage on a Dark Background
Today I wanted to take you along with me while creating a very messy digital mixed media collage on a dark background. We will experiment with adding bits of paper, stitching, doodles and paint using my Mixed Media brush set for Procreate. Canvas D...
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painting digital greenery on an ipad with dual color digital one stroke painting
Dual Color Greenery Ideas
Today, I wanted to show you how to do 12 different kinds of greenery with my Dual Color brushes for Procreate, which enable you to paint with two colors in the same stroke digitally. You can also use these same techniques for flower petals, and they...
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Embellish a Digital Watercolor Painting with Pressed Flowers
In a previous tutorial, I showed how to paint a moon in Procreate with my watercolor brush set. Today, I'll show how to digitally add pressed flower embellishments to the watercolor painting for a dreamy and delicate collage result.
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Mixed Media Doodle
For today’s video I’m sharing the process of doodling and playing, not really expressing anything deep or groundbreaking, but making something just to be creative. I wanted to share in order to encourage you to keep creating and sharing as well!&nbs...
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Tips & Tricks

Practical tips, short tutorials, and fun tricks to know, helping you get started and work more smoothly across Procreate and other digital art apps.